Daves Diggins Newsletter 6-15-00 (ISSN 1529-1103)

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Dave's Diggins 6-15-00

ISSN 1529-1103

Just a few "Golden Nuggets" of info that I've mined from the internet

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1) Free software and services
2) Not-so-free software and services
3) Articles:
4) Search engines
5) EZ-board Forum
6) Hardware

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1) Free software and services:

http://stud1.tuwien.ac.at/~e9227474/english.htm
http://pcusers.org/pcfree.html
IrfanView is a very fast freeware 32-Bit graphic viewer for Windoze 9x, Windows NT and Windows 2000. It has multiple (animated) GIF support, multipage TIFF support and multiple ICO support.

http://www.lavasoft.de/aaw/index.html
http://pcusers.org/pcfree.html

Ad-aware 4.5. An upgrade to this free multi spyware removal utility, that scans your memory,registry and harddrives for known spyware and lets you remove it safely. Latest improvements include:

- It will now properly store logfiles automatically to any selected path.
- All memory leaks under win2000 have been fixed.
- The false Aureate warning given by Ad-aware under NT40 is fixed, along with several small bugfixes and improvements.
- The logfile output now includes details about terminated processes.
- It comes with a new and improved Reflist file.
- The registry scan has been splitted into a regular and enhanced (deep) scan
- Now fully NT40 compatible, Ad-aware and Ad-watch are now working 100 % accurate under WinNT40 and Win2000
- EverAd and OnFlow detection added. With this new release, Ad-aware now recognizes all EverAd and Onflow components.

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2) Not-so-free software and services:

http://www.v-com.com/product/dw_ind.html
http://pcusers.org/pcnotsofree.html
Driveworks. From the makers of System Commander, this new software will automatically partition, copy, image & backup your hard drive! Everything you need to safely and easily manage your hard drive, in one, easy-to-use integrated suite! Features include:

- Partitioning with Automatic, safe resize and much more
- Imaging to backup and restore entire drives or partitions
- Copy and expand one drive to another
- Secure multi-pass drive erase for high security
- Free! AutoSave - Automatic backup of your data files

http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0%2Caid%2C40124%2C00.asp
PC World Review of Driveworks

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3) Articles:

http://hardwarehell.com/bootclean.htm
http://pcusers.org/pcreference.html#resources
Deleting Temporary Files Painlessly. This article requires some knowledge of DOS, but it does show you how to modify the autoexec.bat file so that selected temporary files are deleted in Win9x everytime you boot up.

http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-4669756.html
Microsoft phasing out support for Windows 95

http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-4669756.html
http://pcusers.org/pcreference.html#resources
How LAN Switches Work. a LAN switch creates a series of instant networks that contain only the two devices communicating with each other at that particular moment. In this edition of How Stuff Works, we will focus on Ethernet networks that use LAN switches. You will learn what a LAN switch is and how transparent bridging works. You will also learn about VLANs, trunking and spanning trees.

http://www.storagereview.com/welcome.pl/guide2000/ref/hdd/if/index.html
http://pcusers.org/pctechy.html
A Guide to Hard Disk Interfaces and Configuration. IDE, ATA and SCSI, and a few other interfaces are covered in this guide. Since the interface can have a major impact on system performance it is important to know which one you are using and how to get the most out of it.

http://www.fadden.com/cdrfaq/
http://pcusers.org/pctechy.html
Andy McFadden's, CD-Recordable FAQ, This FAQ is usually updated about once a month and includes information on:

- Simple answers to simple questions
- CD Encoding
- How Do I...
- Problems
- Hardware
- Software
- Media
- Net Resources and Vendor Lists

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4) Search engines:

http://www.findarticles.com/PI/index.jhtml
http://pcusers.org/pcreference.html#search
Findarticles.com. This online article-search service allows you to search for quality articles in more than 300 reputable magazines and journals

http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2683349,00.html
http://pcusers.org/pcreference.html#search
I can search the invisible Web. A review of the ProFusion search engine. It is a new site by Intelliseek that allows users to search more than 1,000 information sources, as well as those on the invisible Web.

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5) EZ-board Forum http://pub7.ezboard.com/b37211pcusersgroup

Posted at the "Problems and Solutions" forum:

"Can you point me to a URL or other reference that would help me with the installation of a larger hard drive on my computer? I currently have 3 hard drives (Conner 850 Mb, Maxtor 2.1 Gb and a Maxtor 5.7 Gb) I want to install a 45 Gb Maxtor and move some of my files from the old drives to the new one. The problem is that some of my files are FAT16 and some are FAT32."

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6) Hardware:

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,40501,00.asp
Will the Floppy Disk Find New Life? Panasonic has announced the development of a new technology that can increase the capacity of floppy disks more than 20-fold. and is capable of storing 32MB of data on a standard 2HD floppy disk.

http://www.systemlogic.net/reviews/hardware/networking/netgear/rt314/
Netgear RT314 DSL/Cable 4-Port Router Review. Besides the review this article has good basic information on how routers uses one IP address (say your DSL/cable account) and splits it amongst the PC's attached to it. This article also explains how this router like others on the market have a built in firewall to help prevent unwanted access into your LAN.

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